- MAY 16, 2014
- Civic Data
Each week we will bring you a summary of what happened this week on our site, on Twitter, and in the wider world of municipal data. Suggest stories on Twitter with #ThisWeekInData.
The FCC narrowly voted to open debate over new rules concerning net neutrality. The FCC's new rules are meant to prevent Internet providers from knowingly slowing data while allowing payment for guarantees of fast service. The net neutrality rules will be open for public comment for four months.
President Obama signed the highly anticipated DATA Act into law, though as NextGov noted, Not Everyone Loves the DATA Act.
This week, Sandy Pentland ran an edX course on Big Data and Social Physics, which included a day on data driven cities. Check out the course site to watch Pentland's video lectures and freely downloadable readings.
See five ideas for driving civic participation generated during this week's Civic Innovation in Action Studio, hosted in by the Knight Foundation in Miami.
The Open Institute implores cities to Think Local First: 3 Innovation Strategies for City Economies.
From our team
The Ash Center is offering a special Innovations Award to recognize government-led innovations that demonstrate enhanced public engagement and participation in the governance. We are seeking citizen engagement and participation programs, policies, and initiatives that leverage technology, encourage public participation, and more.
Jon Keen covers the buzz around the growing civic innovation sector in Atlanta.
Think big with NLC's Big Ideas for Cities. Sean Thornton has a roundup of the key themes of last month's conference, and click through to videos of the mayors' presentations.
